Olaf Glöckner

Olaf Glöckner (* 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a German historian specializing in Jewish history .

Life

Olaf Glöckner studied Israel Studies , Modern History and Jewish Studies at the Humboldt University Berlin and the University of Potsdam (MA). Afterwards he spent longer research stays and journalistic trips to Israel. In 1998 he worked on the New Lexicon of Judaism . Since 2003 he has been a research assistant at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies in Potsdam, where he is in charge of the research focus “Sociology of Judaism”. a. occupied with modern Jewish migration, German-Israeli relations and new forms of anti-Semitism. In 2010 he received his doctoral thesis Immigrated Russian Jewish Elites in Israel and Germany at the University of Potsdam . Integration, Self-Image and Role in Community Building for Dr. phil. PhD. At the University of Potsdam, Glöckner teaches at the Historical Institute and at the Institute for Jewish Studies and Religious Studies. Glöckner is the author of books and specialist articles and also wrote for the "Israel" dossier of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb).

Publications (selection)

• Integration needs and attitude patterns of refugees in the state of Brandenburg (a study by the Moses Mendelssohn Center), together with Wahied Wahdat-Hagh, Universitätsverlag Potsdam 2019.
• The new discomfort. Anti-Semitism in Germany today (ed. Together with Günther Jikeli); Olms, Hildesheim 2019.
• David Friedländer: enlightener, bridge builder, philanthropist. Hentrich & Hentrich, Leipzig 2018.
• German-speaking Jewish migration to Sweden. 1774-1945. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2017 (edited together with Helmut Müssener).
• The age of genocide. Origins, forms and consequences of political violence in the 20th century. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2017.
• Handbook of Israel. Major debates. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2016 (ed. Together with Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Julius H. Schoeps, and Yitzhak Sternberg).
• Germany, the Jews and the State of Israel. A political inventory (edited together with Julius H. Schoeps); Olms, Hildesheim 2016.
• Being Jewish in 21st Century Germany. Ed. together with Haim Fireberg, de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2015.
• Jews in Saxony. Edition Leipzig / Henschel. Leipzig 2013 (edited together with Gunda Ulbricht).

literature

• Julius H. Schoeps : German-Jewish history through three centuries . Supplementary Volume 1: The Late Years. In conversation with Olaf Glöckner. Bibliography . Olms, Hildesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-487-14891-5 .

Web links

• Search for "Olaf Glöckner" in the German Digital Library
• Olaf Glöckner at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies
• Olaf Glöckner at the University of Potsdam